Latest headcount
44,000
YoY change
-6.4%
Headcount CAGR
+15.6%
Revenue / employee
$316K
Employee count history for LKQ
| Fiscal year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2003 | 1,800 |
| 2004 | 2,700 |
| 2005 | 3,370 |
| 2006 | 462 |
| 2007 | 600 |
| 2008 | 620 |
| 2009 | 10,000 |
| 2010 | 12,000 |
| 2011 | 17,900 |
| 2012 | 20,300 |
| 2013 | 7,000 |
| 2014 | 9,000 |
| 2015 | 8,800 |
| 2016 | 42,500 |
| 2017 | 43,000 |
| 2018 | 51,000 |
| 2019 | 51,000 |
| 2020 | 44,000 |
| 2021 | 46,000 |
| 2022 | 45,000 |
| 2023 | 49,000 |
| 2024 | 47,000 |
| 2025 | 44,000 |
Revenue per employee for LKQ
Annual revenue divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars.
| Fiscal year | Revenue per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2003 | $182K |
| 2004 | $157K |
| 2005 | $162K |
| 2006 | $1.71M |
| 2007 | $1.88M |
| 2008 | $3.08M |
| 2009 | $205K |
| 2010 | $206K |
| 2011 | $183K |
| 2012 | $203K |
| 2013 | $723K |
| 2014 | $749K |
| 2015 | $817K |
| 2016 | $202K |
| 2017 | $226K |
| 2018 | $233K |
| 2019 | $245K |
| 2020 | $264K |
| 2021 | $285K |
| 2022 | $284K |
| 2023 | $283K |
| 2024 | $305K |
| 2025 | $316K |
Earnings per employee for LKQ
Annual net income divided by reported headcount, normalized to US dollars; years with a net loss dip below zero.
| Fiscal year | Earnings per employee (USD) |
|---|---|
| 2003 | $8.1K |
| 2004 | $7.62K |
| 2005 | $9.17K |
| 2006 | $96.1K |
| 2007 | $110K |
| 2008 | $161K |
| 2009 | $12.8K |
| 2010 | $14.1K |
| 2011 | $11.7K |
| 2012 | $12.9K |
| 2013 | $44.5K |
| 2014 | $42.4K |
| 2015 | $48.1K |
| 2016 | $10.9K |
| 2017 | $12.4K |
| 2018 | $9.41K |
| 2019 | $10.6K |
| 2020 | $14.5K |
| 2021 | $23.7K |
| 2022 | $25.5K |
| 2023 | $19.1K |
| 2024 | $14.7K |
| 2025 | $13.8K |
Employee count history for LKQ (LKQ)
Annual figures come from annual reports (10-K, or 20-F/40-F for foreign filers); interim rows reflect headcount disclosed in periodic filings. Year-over-year change compares each filing with the prior year's equivalent. Revenue and earnings per employee are annual figures normalized to US dollars.
- 202544,000-6.4%
- 202447,000-4.1%
- 202349,000+8.9%
- 202245,000-2.2%
- 202146,000+4.5%
- 202044,000-13.7%
- 201951,0000.0%
- 201851,000+18.6%
- 201743,000+1.2%
- 201642,500+383.0%
- 20158,800-2.2%
- 20149,000+28.6%
- 20137,000-65.5%
- 201220,300+13.4%
- 201117,900+49.2%
- 201012,000+20.0%
- 200910,000+1,512.9%
- 2008620+3.3%
- 2007600+29.9%
- 2006462-86.3%
- 20053,370+24.8%
- 20042,700+50.0%
- 20031,800—
About LKQ's employee count
LKQ (LKQ) employed 44,000 people in fiscal year 2025, based on its most recent annual report. That headcount shrank by -3,000 (-6.4%) from 47,000 a year earlier.
Across the 2003–2025 period, the company's reported workforce went from 1,800 to 44,000 employees — a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +15.6% per year.
LKQ generated about $316K of revenue and $13.8K of net income per employee in its latest annual period. Revenue and earnings per employee gauge how efficiently a company turns headcount into output, and are most telling when tracked over time or compared with peers in the same industry.
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